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Peter And The Starcatcher (Introduction By Dave Barry And Ridley Pearson): The Annotated Script Of The Broadway Play (Peter And The Starcatchers) (2012)

by Rick Elice(Favorite Author)

4.58 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Disney Editions

review 1: I read the source material for this first, because I couldn't get my hands on a script at the time. And I fell in love. Enough that I had to remind myself that not everything in the novel was going to translate to the stage play. I found some changes at the end particularly interesting, and remain somewhat conflicted about what it means for the story. However, it's a beautiful piece that emphasizes the importance of imagination, and I would love to see it staged.
review 2: This book is a great read, it is the prequel to Peter Pan but in a play form. When Molly goes aboard a ship called the Neverland accompanied by her nanny Mrs.Bumbrake, her curiosity gets the best of her and she follows a sailor named Alf. When Alf leaves she meets three boys. The first named ... morePrentiss who thinks he is the leader of the group, Ted who is completely food obsessed, and a strange boy named Boy. Molly takes the boys from under the ship and takes care of them. Molly's father, Aster on the other hand is abord another ship with the name of The Wasp. Not only does aster get captured but he also realizes that the ship has been taken over by pirates run by the famous Black Stache. Both ships end up meeting trying to get a trunk. The importance of the trunk is great, there is this magical substance in it called starstuff. When one gets their hands on starstuff it makes them what they want to be. When the two ships come together there is a battle for which trunk is the right one. By the end of that scene the Neverland is destroyed but most members of the ship make it to the island. Once at the island Molly and Boy who is now called Peter are split up. Peter does have Ted and Prentiss though. The three boys travel through the forrest meeting Indians named Fighting Prawn and Hawking Clam. They do not like the English and therefore sentence them to death. The tree boys await there terrible fait of being a crocodiles meal. Thank gosh Molly saves them by making the crocodile bigger and shattering its cage. Once they all get away Peter ends up plummeting into a warm grotto that is golden. He meets a mermaid who gives Peter a last name... Pan. When he goes and finds Molly Black Stache has her captured, along with the Indians, the boys, and Aster. Peter saves them all by giving Black Stache the trunk. He opens it and it is empty, in such rage he slams the tunk on his hand cutting it off and getting the name of Captin Hook. It is finally time for Molly and Aster to leave but Peter and the boys have to stay. This book has many twists and turns always throwing something new at the reader. It is Magnificat and magical. less

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